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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. The linking of Michael and his daughter Elizabeth was done as follows:
Elizabeth Muse's birth date and place is now determined to be 1761 in Haydon Bridge to a father named Michael. Here is the logic of how it was found.
We know that her marriage could occur no later than 1782 since children are born starting 1783. Assuming such, Elizabeth would have had to be at least 16 or older for her marriage making for a probable birth date no later than 1766. This would have been earlier than most women were married in this area since 21 was considered full age of consent; this would then give us a secondary ideal birth date of no later than 1761. We also now know from an actual viewing of two of her children's christening records in the Haydon Chapelry (see below) that our Elizabeth was a native of the Haydon Chapelry.
Even so, I transcribed and reviewed all Mewis, Muis, Muse, Meuse, etc specifically from Haydon Bridge from 1692 to 1804 and linked them together in conjunction with New Family Search as of 3 Aug 2009. In this same analysis of Haydon Bridge christenings, I can find no Elizabeth in the broad time period we need except for one Elizabeth, dau. of Michael chr. 1761 in Haydon Bridge. The date and location are perfect! Ancestry.com's "England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906" also shows the same Elizabeth Mewis, chr. 20 Aug 1761 at Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England, dau. of Michael Mewis of Elrington. (Date is error since the actual record says 20 Sep 1761.) This is the only entry remotely close to Elizabeth Muse anywhere in England in that particular Ancestry.com database as it exists currently; however, that database is a work in progress and not totally comprehensive. Coincidentally, Elrington, as reported in the christening record, is a little under two miles to Haydon Bridge and happens to be the nearest settlement right next to where all of Joseph and Elizabeth Muse Burnhope's children would be born at the Woodhall Mill farmstead. It appears Elrington was considered part of Haydon even though since it is only two miles to Haydon as compared to next nearest church in Hexham about four miles away. From other entries in the christening records, Elrington is mentioned occasionally in the Haydon Bridge Church records.
In reviewing the christening entries, the above referenced 1761 christening is the only entry for a child of Michael of Elrington, or for that matter any other Michael between 1748 and 1804 (after which I stopped checking). Children of Michael occurring before 1748 all belong to the following Michael and Ann Bell - Ancestry.com's "England and Wales Marriage Records, 1538-1940," marriage in Haydon, Northumberland of Michael Mewis and Ann Bell, 29 May 1732; however this couple would be relatively too old to be having a child 29 years into their marriage (and from my research their children seem to be pretty much accounted for between 1732 to 1748 - see New Family Search).
These are the two entries from Haydon church records, FHL film 991796, which indicate Elizabeth Muse was a native the parish of Haydon Bridge and so the above comment does appear to be our Elizabeth:
-"Chr. 14 Apr 1799 (b. 7 Apr 1799), Mary, d. of Joseph Burnhope, native of Hexham, by his wife Elizabeth Muse, native of this Chapelry, residing at Woodhall Mill."
-"10 Jan 1802 (b. 8 Nov 1801), Margaret, 4th dau. of Joseph Burnhope of Woodhall Mill, miller, native of Hexham, by his wife Elizabeth Muse, native of this Chapelry."
New Family Search has what appears to be an erroneous connection of Elizabeth Muse to William Mewis, chr. 31 Oct 1731. This William's children are all listed in the Haydon christening records (Margare 1759, Thomas 1762, John 1764, Richard 1766, and William 1772) but there is no Elizabeth. In looking at the order sequence of his children, it would also be hard to place our 1761 Elizabeth. New Family Search also shows a variant christening date of 6 Apr 1757 in H.B. This is not supported by any LDS IGI name extractions nor the actual H.B. christening records. This appears to have been a poor patron-submitted entry made in error from a legitimate 6 Apr 1728 christening entry for Elizabeth Mewes, dau. of William Mewes (1672-) and his second wife Mary Hales, whom he married in 1724. This is probably also the source of the "William" as the supposed father of our Elizabeth as found in many undocumented family histories.
2. In searching the actual christening records of Haydon Bridge, per FHL film 991796, with a margin of six years before and up to the year 1774 after (since Margaret died in 1773), I did not find any other christenings of children to Michael Mewis. Using the same records, I found no burials for any children noted with their father Michael from 1759 to 1836. (Elizabeth was buried as Elizabeth Burnhope from Ingoe Mills in Stamfordham in 1835, which shows her ties to her ancestral home of Haydon Bridge.) I also searched the parish church of Warden (FHL film 1068615), to which Haydon Bridge Chapelry is subservient, and did not find any children from 1763 to 1773 (Margaret died in 1773). Likewise, using the IGI batch extractions, I did not find any children in the very large adjoining Hexham parish church records. I also checked Warden records since Haydon Chapelry is subservient to it, but found nothing (note Warden is not IGI extracted and I used the actual records.)
It would appear that Elizabeth may have been an only child.
CHRISTENING:
1. Christenings from Haydon Bridge (FHL film 991796) for children of Michael Mewis:
-4 Jan 1732/1733, Mary, dau. of Michael Mewis of High house.
-29 Sep 1734, Michael, son of Michael Muis of Haydon Bridge.
-8 May 1737, Nicholas, son of Michael Mewis of Haydon Bridge.
-4 May 1740, Thomas, son of Michael Mewis of Haydon Bridge.
-23 Sep 1744, John, son of Michael Mewis of Dean Raw.
- 3 Apr 1748, Ann, dau. of Michael Mewis of Dean Raw.
2. IGI batch extraction records for Haydon Bridge shows Michael with the following entry; the date of this christening would tie him to Michael and Ann Bell who were married 29 May 1732 in the same parish:
"Michael Muis, son of Michael Muis, chr. 29 Sep 1734."
MARRIAGE:
1. FHL film 1068615, Warden Parish church records. We know from the burial records that the same Margaret, married to Michael Mewis, was bur. 1773 in Haydon. Haydon Bridge was a subservient chapelry of Warden and all marriages for Hayden at this time were performed only in Warden:
"Mich'l Muse, and Marg't Thompson both of the Chapelry of Haydon in this Parish were married in this church by Banns this Seventennth day of April 1760. By me Wm. Laidman, Vicar." Signed by both spouses with an X in the presence of Joseph Maughan."
BURIAL:
1. Apparently there are two Michael Mewises in Haydon Bridge at one time as the following entries make clear from FHL film 991796, Haydon Bridge church burial records. The first two would be the parents-in-law for Margaret also shown below. See separate note for Michael's burial:
-"24 Feb 1772, Michael Mewis of Haydon Bridge."
-"Ann, widow of the late Michael Mewis of Haydon Bridge, bur. 23 Mar 1772."
-"Margaret, wife of Michael Mewis of Haydon Bridge, bur. 23 Apr 1773." (The 3 in 23 is disputable and may be a 0 to make 20.)
2. FHL film 94994, Transcripts of Haydon Bridge church records, shows under burials: "27 Dec 1794, Michael Muse of Haydon Bridge."
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1734 - 1794 (~ 60 years)